Mendel and His Peas
Punnett Square
Genes
traits
Mendel's experiments
100

The passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring. 

What is Heredity

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100

The genotype percentages of probability when cross-pollinating two homozygous recessive white flowers. 

What is 100% homozygous recessive (pp)?

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100

One set of instructions for an inherited trait. 

What is a gene?

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100

An organism's appearance or other detectable characteristic. 

What is phenotype?

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100

The ratio Mendel found for dominant to recessive traits in the 2nd generation. 

What is 3:1 ratio?

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200

Gregor Mendel was born here. 

What is Austria?

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200

The phenotype percentages of probability when cross-pollinating two heterozygous (purple) flowers.

What is 75% purple and 25% white?

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200

If a homozygous Dominant (purple) flower cross-breed with a Homozygous recessive (white) flower, what is/are the percentages of the offspring's phenotype?

What is 100% purple?


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200

The trait that appears during cross-breeding and is represented by an uppercase letter (Ex. T).

What is Dominant Trait


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200

The step Mendel took to be sure that his pea plants cross-pollinate.

What is he removed the anthers of one plan?


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300

This is where Gregor Mendel did his research. 

What is at a monastery?

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300

The genotype percentages of probability when cross-pollinating a Homozygous recessive (white) flower with a Heterozygous (purple) flower?

What is 50% Rr, 50% rr and 0% RR?

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300

One of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic, such as hair color. 

What is allele?

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300

A white tiger with blue eyes is and example of this. 

What is one gene with many traits?

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300

This is what happens when a true-breeding plant self-pollinates.

What is all of its offspring have the same traits as the parent?

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400

The first and second generations in Mende's word mean this. (2 words)

What is parents and offspring?

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400

The percentage of probability for the phenotypes when a homozygous recessive (white) flower cross-pollinates with a heterozygous (purple) flower.

What is 50% purple and 50% white?

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400

The entire genetic makeup of an organism; also the combination of genes for one or more specific traits. 

What is genotype?

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400

The reason we have so many different combinations of hair and eye color is due to this. 

What is many genes for one trait?

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400

This is why ratios are important in Mendel's work. 

What is they showed the relationship between two different things?

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500

Both male and female reproductive structures are found in this kind of plant. 

What is a cross-breeding plant?

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500

The genotype percentages of probability when cross-pollinating two heterozygous (purple) flowers.

What is 25% pp, 25% PP and 50% Pp?

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500

What are the three possible genotypes for any combination of alleles?

What is Homozygous Dominant, Homozygous Recessive and Heterozygous?


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500

Your genes may make it possible that you will grow to be tall, but you need a healthy diet to grow to your full potential height is an example of this influence on genes. 

What is the environment?

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500

In the first experiment, all of the flowers were this color. 

What is purple?

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